Clinical information cont.
| Cohort 1 Aspiration success (n=44) | Cohort 2 Aspiration failure (n=32) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | No | % | No | % | p Value |
| Past medical history | |||||
| Hypertension | 30 | 68.2 | 25 | 78.1 | 0.438 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 18 | 40.9 | 14 | 43.8 | 0.818 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 | 22.7 | 7 | 21.9 | 0.930 |
| CAD/MI | 13 | 29.5 | 6 | 18.8 | 0.283 |
| Congestive heart failure | 9 | 20.5 | 7 | 21.9 | 0.881 |
| AF/arrhythmia | 20 | 45.5 | 20 | 62.5 | 0.168 |
| Cardiac valvular disease | 6 | 13.6 | 8 | 25.0 | 0.241 |
| Carotid stenosis | 4 | 9.1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.390 |
| Intracranial stenosis | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.391 |
| TIA/CVA | 7 | 15.9 | 9 | 28.1 | 0.257 |
| Chronic renal insufficiency | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | 9.4 | 0.304 |
| Cancer | 6 | 13.6 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.228 |
| Inflammatory disease | 8 | 18.2 | 2 | 6.3 | 0.692 |
| Medications | |||||
| Antiplatelets | 23 | 52.3 | 12 | 37.5 | 0.247 |
| Anticoagulation | 13 | 29.5 | 13 | 40.6 | 0.338 |
| Antihypertensives | 22 | 50.0 | 19 | 59.4 | 0.488 |
| Statins | 15 | 34.1 | 14 | 43.8 | 0.475 |
| Likely stroke etiology | 0.297 | ||||
| Cardiogenic | 25 | 56.8 | 25 | 78.1 | |
| Carotid-embolic | 6 | 13.6 | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Intracranial stenosis | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Hypercoagulable state | 5 | 11.4 | 2 | 6.3 | |
| Cryptogenic | 7 | 15.9 | 4 | 12.5 | |
| Cardiogenic source | 25 | 56.8 | 25 | 78.1 | 0.086 |
AF, atrial fibrillation; CAD, coronary artery disease; CVA, cerebral vascular accident; MI, myocardial infarction; TIA, transient ischemic attack.